Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, has said that every child in Azad Kashmir stands with the Pakistan Armed Forces. He emphasized that missile technology and the nuclear program are crucial for our security MUZAFFARABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 26th Dec, 2024) of , Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, has said that every child in stands with the Armed Forces. He emphasized that missile and the program are crucial for our security. He added that wherever the armed forces are weak, not only the ideological but also the geographical borders are at risk. He pointed out that without missile and the program, the situation would be similar to , , , and . He expressed these views during a discussion in the Legislative on a presented by former Raja Mohammad Farooq Haider Khan. Chaudhry Anwarul Haq, the Leader of the House, mentioned that the facts surrounding the Batal incident had been distorted. He questioned who would protect the and children in the region if the armed forces withdrew, stating that if we talk about our beliefs, it must be done within the framework of logic and the constitution. He emphasized that no controversial discussions should take place on national security matters. He further stated that no political leadership can deny the importance of missile and power.
Stock market today: Wall Street rallies ahead of ChristmasAround 150,000 people have fled Syria amid ongoing fighting: UNDavid Maialetti / Staff Photographer There's tension thick enough to be cut with a knife following the Washington Commanders jaw-dropping comeback win against the Philadelphia Eagles , and it wasn't just what happened on the field. There were rumors circulating regarding a heated argument between former Eagles star Zach Ertz and head coach Nick Sirianni , claims which had to be physically split up by no less than the Eagles' infamous head of security, "Big Dom" DiSandro. Was it really the case, or is it just overhyped? Ertz Addresses the Incident Facing reporters on Thursday, Ertz downplayed the postgame drama, insisting there's no bad blood between him and Sirianni. But he didn't deny that something went down. "I'm not really going to get into the specifics," Ertz started, clearly trying to keep things diplomatic. "Just two people that really love to compete. Nick and I had a great relationship when I was there, we still have a great relationship. I think it's definitely been blown way out of proportion." The tight end, now with the Commanders, added that he and Sirianni had already smoothed things over. "We spoke, we're good. There's no ill feelings on my part, and I don't think there's any on his part either." Was It Really Heat Of The Moment? While Ertz insists the interaction was no big deal, he acknowledged it stemmed from the heat of competition—and maybe a bit of a misunderstanding. "Just something in the heat of the moment. Probably got blown out of proportion and maybe a misunderstanding, but at the end of the day, he and I are fine," he said, emphasizing his respect for the Eagles organization. Ertz’s return to Lincoln Financial Field was already an emotional one, as it marked his first visit as a member of the Eagles' divisional rivals. After nearly a decade in Philly, where he became a fan favorite and Super Bowl champion, Sunday’s game was bound to stir up feelings. A Bittersweet Homecoming Ertz's one reception for 12 yards isn't going to be making anyone's highlight reel, but his being on the field—and certainly in postgame drama—meant he was still at center stage. Ertz spent eight memorable seasons with the Eagles before being traded to the Cardinals in 2021. Now in his first season with the Commanders, he's fully embraced his new team, though Sunday's win carried extra weight given his history in Philadelphia. At the end of the day, Ertz wants to focus on the positives. "Everyone knows how I feel about that place and that building, but at the same time, I love being here," he said. So was it a spat, a misunderstanding, or just some harmless postgame banter? Whatever it was, Ertz and Sirianni seem ready to move on-even if fans and media can't stop dissecting it. Also read - Patrick Mahomes Eyeing To Score Russell Wilson’s Star Target: NFL Analyst Sparks Speculation
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Read 3 articles and stand to win rewards Spin the wheel nowTwo Black-owned B.C. businesses will receive grants and legal services as part of a small business program. The fifth annual Black-owned small business grant program, organized by law firm Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, is aimed at supporting such enterprises across the country. Judith Kasiama of Vancouver-based Colour the Trails and Naa Sheka Riby-Williams of White Rock-based Naa Sheka Fashion were two of six recipients from across Canada, according to Tuesday’s (Nov. 26) announcement. More than $100,000 will be distributed to recipients, who will also receive legal services. More than $537,000 in grants have been distributed to Black-owned and operated businesses through the law firm’s program. Founded in 2017, Colour the Trails is a business that focuses on making outdoor activities more accessible to Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC). It does this by hosting outdoor events, creating media that features the stories of BIPOC and, where possible, providing financial support to those facing financial hurdles when it comes to participating. Naa Sheka Fashion is a clothing line that fuses Western and Ghanaian influences using traditional West African textiles. One of their highlights is a partnership with the Vancouver Canucks in February, where it designed a jersey for Black History Month. According to the announcement, the business provides fair wages to Ghanaians and its website states it donates part of its profits to help build libraries in that country. The Black-owned small business grant, which is also supported by Vancouver-based Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM), is committed to supporting businesses that represent diversity and inclusivity, Cassels Black Affinity Group co-chair Kori Williams said in the announcement. 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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan National Politics | Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.
DENVER (AP) — Travis Hunter made a pair of proclamations Thursday: He’s for sure entering the NFL draft after this season, but not until he sees Colorado all the way through the College Football Playoff — if the Buffaloes make it there. The first was already a given for the draft-eligible junior who plays both receiver and cornerback. The second is a risk-reward play for a projected high first-round pick who averages around 120 snaps a game. In years past, it took two extra postseason wins to capture a national title. Now, it could take up to four additional contests. That’s more of a chance to shine, but also more chance for an injury. “I don’t think nobody will opt out because you’re showing NFL teams that you’re more focused on something else, other than the team goal,” Hunter said of the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff. “So I don’t think players are going to opt out of the playoffs.” Hunter and quarterback Shedeur Sanders chatted Thursday in a set of Zoom calls about turning around the program at Colorado (from 4-8 last season to bowl eligibility), chasing a Big 12 title, turning pro — Hunter acknowledged he will “for sure” — and, of course, the Heisman race, where Hunter is currently the odds-on favorite in an award each wants to see the other win. “He’s deserving of it, and if it’s between me and him, I want him to get it,” said Sanders, whose 16th-ranked Buffaloes (8-2, 6-1 Big 12, No. 16 CFP ) travel to Arrowhead Stadium to face Kansas (4-6, 3-4) this weekend. “He does a lot of amazing things that have never been done before.” Countered Hunter: “I know he wants me to win it, but I also want him to win as bad as I want to win it.” Hunter is a generational talent shining on both sides of the ball. As a receiver, he has 74 catches for 911 yards and nine touchdowns. On defense, he has picked off three passes, even though teams are reluctant to throw his direction. Like he did in high school and now in college, he believes he can do both on the next level. But he understands the trepidation of the NFL team that picks him. “They don’t want their top pick to go down too early," Hunter said. “I like when people tell me I can’t do it, because they just motivate me to continue to do what I want to do.” Sanders is turning in a stellar season as well with 27 touchdown passes, one away from tying Sefo Liufau for the most in a single season in program history. He's projected to be one of the first QBs off the draft board. The future certainly looks bright at Colorado thanks to the legacies Sanders and Hunter under coach Deion Sanders. But that's a point to ponder later. “I can’t think too much forward past Saturday,” Shedeur Sanders cracked. “The main thing is winning the Big 12 championship. That’s the main thing we’re focused on." Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballReal Life Don't miss out on the headlines from Real Life. Followed categories will be added to My News. The current Miss Universe titleholder has been hit with a fresh wave of criticism after she appeared to lip-sync a racial slur in a video. Danish model Victoria Kjaer Theilvig, who won the 2024 beauty pageant earlier this month, has caused outrage after mouthing Jay-Z’s song, ‘Empire State of Mind’ – which includes the N-word in its lyrics. The 21-year-old filmed the 20-second TikTok clip on top of the Empire State Building in New York — but it quickly attracted criticism from social media users. “This is crazy,” one wrote, as another exclaimed: “I can’t believe I’m witnessing this in real time.” “Girl WHAT?!” raged another. Others called for Theilvig to lose her prestigious headpiece over the video. “They gonna take that crown,” one claimed. But many defended the reigning Miss Universe winner, claiming she’s “done nothing wrong”. “A white woman sings a song by a black man and gets called racist by the woke mob. She has nothing to apologise about,” one argued on X. “She was just lip synching, she's done nothing wrong and she does not mean to offend the feelings of snowflakes,” raged another. Another insisted: “Y’all are some haters she clearly was smiling.” The newly crowned Miss Universe is copping heat after appearing to lip-sync a racial slur. Picture: Instagram/victoriaakjaer Others argued English isn’t her first language, stating she may not understand the history of the word, which originated when African Americans were kept as slaves in some parts of the US. Once famously described as the “ filthiest, dirtiest, nastiest word in the English language ” by the prosecutor in the 1995 OJ Simpson murder trial, its use has been established to be derogatory, degrading, dehumanising as it was created to tormented generations of African-Americans who were stolen and forced into inhumane conditions. “It’s really tied into the idea that African people aren’t really human beings,” Kehinde Andrews, professor of black studies at Birmingham City University, told the BBC previously. “They were more like an animal than a human being, a beast of burden, could be bought and sold, could be thrown overboard ships and literally had no rights. “So when the N-word is used that’s essentially what it’s used for. So I would hope most people would understand why that is deeply offensive and problematic because it still is used in that context now.” Danish model Victoria Kjaer Theilvig won the 2024 title earlier this month. Picture: Instagram/victoriaakjaer She mouthed the words to a JayZ song while visiting Empire State Building that contained the N-word. Picture: Instagram/victoriaakjaer It has been described previously described as the ‘filthiest, dirtiest, nastiest word in the English language’. Picture: Instagram/victoriaakjaer Theilvig, who beat more than 120 other contestants to become the first Danish woman to take home the title, has not yet responded to the public backlash surrounding her video. The young model took part in the 73rd Miss Universe competition in Mexico City which followed the pageant’s revamped its guidelines , which were updated to promote “social inclusion” last year. These included removing the age limit and making it easier for women from non-traditional backgrounds to participate - a move which sparked massive backlash and even saw former Miss Universe winners resigning their titles in protest, the New York Post reported. Conservatives cheered Theilvig’s win victory after last year’s pageant saw a transgender woman from Portugal notch a top 20 ranking, while a 22-year-old became the first transgender Miss Netherlands. “Biological & objectively attractive women are allowed to win beauty pageants again,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted. “WE ARE SO BACK!!!” The 2024 final was the first year in Miss Universe history that some countries were represented, including Belarus, Eritrea, Guinea, Macau, Maldives, Moldova and Uzbekistan. 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